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"AN ECONOMIC POLICY FOR THE SOUTH" By Brooks Hays. Delivered at Anniston, Alabama, September 6, 1935 I am glad to have this opportunity to talk to an Alabama audience about the problems of the South. I come from a state that upholds the same traditions and has very much the same culture and political philosophy. Some of these traditions we are ready to discard. Some we feel should be retained, not because they are traditions, but because they have social value. While I hold a position under the present Administration, and believe that the program in general is good and will be approved by the nation, I am conscious of the fact that labels are often misleading, and I am restrained by the knowledge that there are many who call themselves New Dealers who do not understand the essential spirit which produced the New Deal, or, understanding it, give it only lip service and are prepared to undermine it. Moreover, the New Deal embraces so much about which fixed judgments cannot yet be reached that to undertake a discussion of its objectives would be very foolish. I hope to inject into the talk as little partisanship as possible. The South has a great stake in the present agricultural policy, and I believe it will be possible to preserve its benefits under succeeding Administrations, regardless of party domination. And while I am on the subject of parties, let me say that I am not one of those who believe that the Democratic Party can do no wrong. It will be a great day for the South when we discard that fallacious idea. Personally, I am sick and tired of some party leaders threatening everybody with disfranchisement for failure to vote for every nominee just because he is the nominee. If we don't stop it, the party will someday get the spanking it deserves for trying to thrive on intimidation instead of service. Not many weeks ago I sat with a few friends of the South in a quiet room in the city of Atlanta, and participated in the organization of a movement known as the Southern Policy Committee. Some of us have great hopes for that rather modest group because it will work

"AN ECONOMIC POLICY FOR THE SOUTH" By Brooks Hays. Delivered at Anniston, Alabama, September 6, 1935 I am glad to have this opportunity to talk to an Alabama audience about the problems of the South. I come from a state that upholds the same traditions and has very much the same culture and political philosophy. Some of these traditions we are ready to discard. Some we feel should be retained, not because they are traditions, but because they have social value. While I hold a position under the present Administration, and believe that the program in general is good and will be approved by the nation, I am conscious of the fact that labels are often misleading, and I am restrained by the knowledge that there are many who call themselves New Dealers who do not understand the essential spirit which produced the New Deal, or, understanding it, give it only lip service and are prepared to undermine it. Moreover, the New Deal embraces so much about which fixed judgments cannot yet be reached that to undertake a discussion of its objectives would be very foolish. I hope to inject into the talk as little partisanship as possible. The South has a great stake in the present agricultural policy, and I believe it will be possible to preserve its benefits under succeeding Administrations, regardless of party domination. And while I am on the subject of parties, let me say that I am not one of those who believe that the Democratic Party can do no wrong. It will be a great day for the South when we discard that fallacious idea. Personally, I am sick and tired of some party leaders threatening everybody with disfranchisement for failure to vote for every nominee just because he is the nominee. If we don't stop it, the party will someday get the spanking it deserves for trying to thrive on intimidation instead of service. Not many weeks ago I sat with a few friends of the South in a quiet room in the city of Atlanta, and participated in the organization of a movement known as the Southern Policy Committee. Some of us have great hopes for that rather modest group because it will work